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Google’s Gemini team is apparently sending out emails about an upcoming change to how Gemini interacts with apps on Android devices. The email informs users that, come July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to “help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” Naturally, this has raised some privacy concerns among those who’ve received the email and those using the AI assistant on their Android devices.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Too bad we can't get a Linux OS.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

What about LineageOS?

My guess is the problematic parts here aren't open source so they should never show up in Lineage OS?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

is gemini on all androids? i remember there once was something called bixby, now when i accidentally hold the home button for too long it tells me to enable "circle". i've disabled all of those "smart" features but fuck knows what is going to get automatically installed in an update next week

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